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Rigel

//ˈɹaɪd͡ʒəl// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion; Beta (β) Orionis. The seventh brightest star in the night sky.
  2. 2
    A surname from German.

Etymology

Etymology 1

A corruption of Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), in the Arabic name رِجْل الْجَبَّار (rijl al-jabbār, literally “foot of the great one”).

Etymology 2

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Reigel or Riegel.

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